Vegetables

Featured Stories, Publications and Videos

Special Salads

Now is a great time to grow salad greens! Explore the mild mustards of Asia including mizuna and tatsoi. These greens come in fascinating colors and shapes. This is the best time of the year to grow spinach and radish too. Read more

Extend Your Growing Season

Jack Frost will strike in just over two months. You can extend your growing season by using row covers. These are gauze-like blankets made of spunbonded polyester. They provide a boost of warmth in fall and insulate plants against frost. Read more

Recommended Vegetable Cultivars for North Dakota

Secrets for Growing Sweet Potatoes

Can you grow sweet potatoes in North Dakota? Absolutely! Growing your own healthy slips can lead to good yields of quality roots. Read more

Safe and Natural Insecticides

What do bugs and gardeners share in common? We both love to eat vegetables. Nobody enjoys eating vegetables treated with poisonous chemicals. It’s good to know that insecticides are now available that are effective, natural and practically non-toxic.Read more

Know Your Manure

The increased use of pesticides in pastures and hayfields has led to an increased incidence of contaminated manure in gardens. Tomatoes, potatoes, peas and beans are extremely sensitive.Read more

Featured Publications and Videos

Growing Great Vegetables in North Dakota

This publication guides you in preparing the soil, selecting seeds and transplants, laying out the garden, and managing pests.Download publication

The Facts of Square Foot Gardening

Square-foot gardening is a method of intensive gardening. This publications lists the advantages and "how to" tips to this practice that is gaining popularity.Download publication

Edible Landscapes: Gardening Outside the Box

Residential landscapes are usually designed exclusively with ornamental plants. Make your yard do double duty. Learn how to incorporate attractive edible plants into the landscape to provide food for the table AND for your eyes.Download video

Herb It Up!

Think about using herbs to flavor your entrees. Learn about growing and preserving herbs in your garden or in your home. Is there a difference from a spice and an herb? Learn what herbs go with certain dishes.Download video